What a year for film! In a powerful and controversial showing, the Academy have bravely challenged that whole diversity thing by filling up the Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories with only caucasian actors.

My son Bruce turned 1 on Halloween. This past year has been absolutely amazing. Being a mom is a trip, a fun, awesome, weird, cool trip. For health reasons I needed a C-section, and when the doctor asked me what date I'd like to schedule it for, I immediately thought of Halloween. I've got a bit of an interest in morbid and macabre shit, so having a Halloween baby sounded pretty rad.

They said it couldn't be done. They said it probably shouldn't be done. But, Pizza Hut is attempting the impossible. A real-life, massive, 12-foot-tall pizza throwera la Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This baby is gonna be big. And it's going to be delicious. And people are probably gonna get hurt having pizzas hurled at their cosplaying faces. But, goddammit, it's gonna be glorious.

Here's the rub: Basically, Gordon College recently requested an exemption from federal employment laws so they could refuse to hire people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. For which they were recently denied. So, let's be clear, if you're gay, Gordon College doesn't want to hire you. Regardless of how qualified you are, regardless of what a wonderful person you may be. If you're gay, you are persona non grata. Well, this presents a problem to the City of Salem, which has Non-Discrimination Ordinance. For the layperson this means, they're not prejudicial, homophobic, bigots.

PSFK reports on quite possibly the best idea since "Simpson and Son's Revitalizing Tonic." A wine bottle inspired by two of the 20th century's most profile cultural icons. Homer Simpson and Pieter Mondrian.

Tucked away, about 25 miles downstream of Cincinnati, rests an abandoned ghost ship. She’s not actually Ohio’s ghost ship, rather she's really Kentucky's Abandoned Ghost Ship. She’s been slowly rusting away in a small creek, just a stone’s throw from Cincinnati. She’s only accessible by hiking across a field and paddling out to see it up close. What’s so amazing is that it’s virtually hidden behind trees, driftwood, and massive reeds. But, there she is, the Celt (though over the years she’s gone by many names).

Yesterday morning at 4AM, the quiet of Waveney Valley, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border in East Anglia, was broken by an early-morning summer storm. Fortunately, local photographer Simon Buck was up at that ungodly hour to capture the extraordinary beauty of the moment lightning struck the valley fields.

Kelsey Kronmiller, a graphic designer, designed this amazing LEGO aquarium, which is about 90% done and "entirely coated in "Krylon Fusion," a clear enamel recommended by aquarists to protect fish." I love all the little details. This is such a cute build and totally makes me want to build a Lego aquarium.

King 5 News is reporting on a 19-car train derailment that occurred outside Superior, Montana on Thursday. As a result of the derailment, three railcars that carried several Boeing aircraft fuselages plummeted into Clark Fork River. The aircraft parts were for 737, 747 and 777 airplanes.

Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, When Marnie Was There has all the makings of a Studio Ghibli film, dripping with bittersweet tenderness. a beautifully tale of friendship, loss, love, with a touch of the paranormal.

Ryan Ziegelbauer, a LEGO Master Model Builder, designed this Lego replica of Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel with over 50,000 bricks. This two-minute video is condensed from hundreds of hours of design work and construction. The result is every bit as whimsical and charming and beautiful as a Wes Anderson film. I love it.

The Gothamist is reporting on the erection of the world's grossest, most disgustingest, ickiest sculpture of all time. A 13-foot tall, 17-foot wide Mt. Rushmore replica that's made from 1,600 pounds of Jack Link's beef, pork and turkey jerky. The sculpture was in honor of National Jerky Day and was quite the hit with New York City tourists.

In 1995, Chage & Aska, a Japanese rock duo, requested Hayao Miyazaki to produce this music video for their song "On Your Mark". The result is nothing less than pure-Miyazaki-porn. Not to be confused with actual anime porn. But, the result is pretty much the same.

Classic FM is reporting that a mysterious grand piano has washed ashore in New York City's East River. It's now resting under the Brooklyn Bridge. You know what that means...yup, Instagrammers are losing their shit.

So, the British Government is supposedly outsourcing its referendums to...Lego and Buzzfeed? According to a financial analysis from HM Treasury, if Scotland chooses to remain as a part of the UK (rather than vote for independence), each person in Scotland would be "£1400 better off every year." A Buzzfeed post in the "You Decide" section was submitted by an anonymous user who posited 12 examples of what that cash could be used for, accompanied by Lego scenes.

So, yeah, a guy went on a road trip last week with a corpse. I guess that's a "thing"? Fox 2 reports that 62-year-old Ray Tomlinson drove from Clinton Township, Michigan down to Arizona to pick up his soon-to-be-deceased road trip buddy, a 31-year-old, presumed mentally-ill, woman from Glendale, AZ.

The little chick was born on May 12 and only weighed a half a pound. It's the first ever macaroni penguin and it's now two weeks old and weighs 1 and 1/2 pounds. The chick is living it up at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.

The Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway is an enchanted treetop walkway that takes you on a twisting and curving journey through Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Made with curved steel and wood, the walkway was inspired by a snake's skeleton. Specifically, a 'Boomslang' tree snake. It's a low-impact walk that takes you on an aerial tour above the treetop canopy, with a breathtaking 360 degree vistas of the mountains, Garden and Cape Flats. It's also wheelchair-accessible.

London's Secret Cinema club is planning a super-awesome show this summer. In honor of their screening of Back to the Future, the club is recreating iconic scenes from the film. There will be the Enchantment Under the Sea dance and other places from Hill Valley recreated for the audience.

In February, the Erotic Heritage Museum was suddenly shut down, sending shockwaves around the world. Fans of the erotic arts were dismayed to see the nonprofit Las Vegas museum close its doors. Allegedly, property owner Harry Mohney served an eviction notice to the museum curator for unpaid rent. Well, fans can now rejoice because the museum is reopening, with a sexy new look.

So, what do you need to get three elephants, weighing a total of 22,500 pounds, across 2,400 miles on a 60-hour road trip? Well, 130 gallons of water, 24 bales of hay, 200 pounds of grain, a case of cantaloupes, a case of watermelons, 10 bags of wood shavings. According to the Washington Post, last weekend the Smithsonian National Zoo made room for three new additions, Asian elephants who traveled across three time zones, nine states and two countries.

There is a New World Somewhere is an intimate story about love, adventure, connecting and finding a sense of self. The film follows Sylvia, a struggling artist, who road trips from New York City to Austin, Texas, along the way she experiences a reawakening, with the help of an "electrifying", strange man. Once she reaches her home in Texas a new world opens up.

Get ready, my friends. Get ready to feel all kinds of emotions. Get ready to love, to cry, to hate, to look away, to stop this video in disgust only to start playing it again because you can't resist keep looking at it. Get ready for every single Nicolas Cage laugh ever compiled in one single video. Enjoy.